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The patient is to receive ceftriaxone 0.75 grams IM. On hand is a vial of powdered medication labeled: ceftriaxone 1 gram with directions for reconstitution that state, add 3.6 mL of lidocaine 1% to produce a solution which provides 250 mg of ceftriaxone per mL. The nurse should administer how many mLs? (Round to the whole number)

The nurse is planning client teaching for a client with ESKD who is scheduled for the creation of a arteriovenous fistula. What information should the nurse include in the teaching?  

Upon assessment of a patient in the emergency room, the nurse notes oxygen saturation of 86%, retractions in the neck, and the patient is using accessory muscles with each breath. What treatment should the nurse anticipate?

The patient is four hours post-operative following a left pneumonectomy for cancer of the lung. Which assessment data warrants immediate intervention by the nurse?

A patient presents with the clinical manifestations of fever 104 degrees Fahrenheit orally, headache, swollen and tender lymph nodes, and sore throat with exudate. What intervention would the nurse expect to perform?

The nurse has an order to start dobutamine 160 mg in 250 mL D5W to infuse at 5 mcg/kg/min. The patient weighs 90 kg. What will the nurse set the pump to infuse at in mL/hour? (Round to the nearest whole number)____________mL/hr

The nurse recommends polysomnographic testing for an obese patient who frequently complains of what symptom?

What assessment finding should prompt a nurse to suction a patient’s tracheostomy? 

Determine the dose of medications needed in the following problem. Round answer to the nearest whole number, and label your answer.       Prescription: 0.04 mg/kg       What You Know: Patient weight is 149.6 lb  

Your patient is prescribed 80 mg of simvastatin (Zocor) for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia at the hour of sleep. This amount of medication is equal to ____________________ mcg per night.  Label answer